10 Laws on the Art of Joyful Living: Sensei Kaz Tanahashi

I received the Upaya newsletter today and they are having a Seminar on the Heart Sutra with Sensei Kaz Tanahashi, Roshi Joan Halifax, and Joshin Brian Byrnes February 17-19, 2015. The list below was included in the announcement. I thought you would all like to have it and to be able to focus on these tenets throughout the upcoming Holiday Season when stress and tempers can get quickly out of hand. Blessings from my home to yours. In gassho, Shokai

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10 Laws on the Art of Joyful Living: Sensei Kaz Tanahashi

1. Your happiness is more important than anything else.

2. The happier you are, the more you can help others.

3. Smiling makes you happy.

4. The more relaxed you are, the happier you are.

5. A moment of meditation can help you refresh yourself.

6. The lower your expectations are, the happier you are.

7. Happiness attracts happiness.

8. The ultimate healing is to live joyfully at each moment.

9. The more fully you face your own death, the more joyous you become.